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Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf (2020 Remaster) [Official Audio]
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Pedal Steel Guitar
Phil Lesh
Phil Lesh
Vocals
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart
Percussion
Bob Weir
Bob Weir
Vocals
Ron McKernan
Ron McKernan
Vocals
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia
Songwriter
Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
Producer
Ron Wickersham
Ron Wickersham
Engineer
Susan Wickersham
Susan Wickersham
Engineer
Betty Cantor
Betty Cantor
Associate Producer
Bob Matthews
Bob Matthews
Executive Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
In the timbers of Fennario
The wolves are running round
The winter was so hard and cold
Froze ten feet 'neath the ground
[Verse 2]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 3]
I sat down to my supper
It was a bottle of red whiskey
I said my prayers and went to bed
That's the last they saw of me
[Verse 4]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 5]
When I awoke, the dire wolf
Six hundred pounds of sin
Was grinning at my window
All I said was, "Come on in"
[Verse 6]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 7]
The wolf came in, I got my cards
We sat down for a game
I cut my deck to the queen of spades
But the cards were all the same
[Verse 8]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Don't murder me
[Verse 9]
In the backwash of Fennario
The black and bloody mire
The dire wolf collects his due
While the boys sing round the fire
[Verse 10]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 11]
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
[Verse 12]
No, no, no
Don't murder me
I beg of you, don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Please don't murder me
Written by: Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

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